D&D and the rising pandemic

[Mallus]

We got our first doses of the Moderna vaccine yesterday. So by mid-May most of my friends will be fully vaccinated. Plans can resume for the 50th birthday party for my friend-since-high school who will turn 51 before it happens. Maybe play an in-person session of D&D!

Vague vacation plans have already been discussed and plans to get tickets for the Met's Akhnaten in the Spring of 2022. My wife & I aren't really in any rush to rush out and do things. We'll see close friends, travel locally, wait and what happens with the variants. We'll feel more comfortable out and about once more of the country (and world) is vaccinated.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A new vaccine is entering human trials. If effective, it’s main strength could be it’s created using a very cheap process that can be used even in lower-tech countries. This would mean a vaccine that would be cheap to produce in the billions of doses- potentially key in getting the bulk of humanity their first vaccinations AND a potent weapon if C19 becomes endemic, requiring periodic booster shots.

Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Coronavirus Vaccine

A new vaccine for COVID-19 that is entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic. The vaccine, called NVD-HXP-S, is the first in clinical trials to use a new molecular design that is widely expected to create more potent...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Umbran]

With the phased rollout of vaccines in Massachusetts, roughly a million people became eligible to get the shot yesterday.

The state has a program for pre-registering for an appointment at one of their mass vaccinations sites¹, so everyone knows that eventually, they can get a shot. But that queue is awful long. So, predictably, the Vaccination Appointment Hunger Games begin. Obsessive refreshing of websites, twitter feeds devoted to alerting when 10 appointment slots open up in a doctor's office across the state, and all. Intense competition for small numbers of slots as they open up...

But then, social media actually does its darned job, for once. My wife posts, "Okay, so now my husband is looking for an appointment..." Within minutes, a friend we haven't seen in ages pings us that a pediatric center nearby has been missed by all the aggregation sites, and that it has a ton of appointments available. And, voila, I have an appointment for this weekend.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yep, I got vaccinated after a trade group I follow on Twitter said my job now qualifies. I had an appointment set up less than half an hour later and received my vaccine 13 hours after seeing that tweet.

 

[billd91]

But then, social media actually does its darned job, for once. My wife posts, "Okay, so now my husband is looking for an appointment..." Within minutes, a friend we haven't seen in ages pings us that a pediatric center nearby has been missed by all the aggregation sites, and that it has a ton of appointments available. And, voila, I have an appointment for this weekend.

And if you're a good boy, you'll get a sucker after getting your immunization.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And if you're a good boy, you'll get a sucker after getting your immunization.

Which is what actually contains the mind control devices...

 

[Umbran]

Which is what actually contains the mind control devices...

"Device" may be a bit inaccurate. After all, as they say, there's a sucker born every minute...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’m old enough to remember when banks gave out suckers to kids, probably to exert pressure on parents to be loyal customers. I was one of those kids, and definitely told my parents where to bank* so I know they’re a potent mind control technology.





* based in part on the quality of the suckers.

 

[Ryujin]

I’m old enough to remember when banks gave out suckers to kids, probably to exert pressure on parents to be loyal customers. I was one of those kids, and definitely told my parents where to bank* so I know they’re a potent mind control technology.





* based in part on the quality of the suckers.

If they wanted ot convince the parents, instead of the kid, the bank would give them a toaster

 

[Deset Gled]

I’m old enough to remember when banks gave out suckers to kids, probably to exert pressure on parents to be loyal customers. I was one of those kids, and definitely told my parents where to bank* so I know they’re a potent mind control technology.

I'm old enough that I have trouble remembering the last time I physically walked into a bank.

Or maybe it's that it was sometime before COVID, and all of the before-time gets hazy.